The Superior Spartans will head out to take on the Cloquet Lumberjacks at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Superior is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Last Saturday, Superior had to suffer through a 75-42 loss at the hands of Hudson. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 297th, while the Raiders are ranked 72nd).
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 92-47, which was the final score in Cloquet's tilt against Crosby-Ironton on Friday. The defeat continues a trend for the Lumberjacks in their matchups with the Rangers: they've now lost three in a row.
Superior's loss dropped their record down to 4-11. As for Cloquet, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-11.
Superior came up short against Cloquet when the teams last played back in January of 2024, falling 62-55. Can Superior avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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